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A Sign of God's Favor
Commentators agree that Eliphaz is offering Job a conventional blessing for the righteous: a numerous and prosperous family. The phrases 'great seed' and 'offspring as the grass of the earth' were common ways to describe the abundance that was seen as a tangible sign of God's favor.
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Albert Barnes
On Job 5:25
18th Century
Theologian
Thou shalt know also that thy seed shall be great - Margin, “much.” That is, your posterity shall be numerous. This was one of the …
Charles Ellicott
On Job 5:25
19th Century
Bishop
Great. —The word also means numerous, which seems to suit the parallelism better here. The whole description is a very be…
John Gill
On Job 5:25
17th Century
Pastor
You shall know also that your seed [shall be] great
Not his seed sown in the earth, and the increase of that, but hi…
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Matthew Henry
On Job 5:17–27
17th Century
Minister
Eliphaz gives Job a word of caution and exhortation: Despise not thou the chastening of the Almighty. Call it a chastening, which comes fr…